Metallic coin-wrapper



No. 608,521. Patented Aug. 2, I898.

H. 'H. & T. S. HIPWELL.

METALLIC COIN WRAPPER.

(Application filed Mar. 31, 1898.)

(No lod l.)

wiigzsses I UNITED- STATES Q HARRY H. HIPWELL AND THOMAS HIPWELL,

I PENNSYLVANIA.

OF ALLEGHENY METALLIC COIN-WRAPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 608,521, dated August 2, 1898.

Application filed March 31, 1898.

To all whom, it may concern."

Be it known that we, HARRY H. HIPWELL and THOMAS S. HIPWELL, citizens of the United States, residing at Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Metallic Goin-Wrapper, of which the following is a specification.

The purpose of the present invention is the provision of means for securing any required number of coins of like size and denomination when arranged in a pile, said means being a wrapper stamped or cut from sheet metal sufficiently thin so as tobe readily pliable and retain the coins securely after the end portions of the -wrapper have been brought together and fastened.

For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings and the following description.

The improvement is susceptible of various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the ad vantages thereof, and to a full disclosure of the invention an adaptation thereof is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of a coin- Wrapper of the present invention, showing its end portions fastened: Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the shape of the wrapper prior to bringing its ends together and securing them. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the blank, the dotted lines showing where the several flaps are folded. Fig. 4 is a crosssection.

Oorresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The wrapper or holder is constructed of sheet metal sufficiently thin so as to be readily bent and manipulated by the hands. The size of the wrapper will depend upon the number of coins to be inclosed thereby and the denominate value of said coins.

The wrapper is of oblong form and is pro vided at intervals inits length with a series of slots 1, disposed in parallel relation and extending transversely of the wrapper. These Serialll'o. 675,989. (No model.)

slots increase the flexibility of the Wrapper and result in the provision of a holder possessing lightness and a pleasing appearance. A tongue2 projects from one end of the wrapper 3, and the end portion of the tongue is adapted to pass through the terminal slot 1 at the opposite end of the blank and be bent back so as to secure the end portions of the blank or wrapper, as clearlyindicated in Fig. 1. A series of flaps aare provided at the edges of the wrapper and are adapted to be bent inwardly, so as to engage with the extreme coins and retain them'in place.

The wrappers are struck or stamped from sheet metal about in the form illustrated in Fig. 3, and the-side flaps Aare bent at the time the wrapper is curved or shaped to facilitate the placing of the coin therein. Any suitable matter may be imprinted upon the wrapper to designate the value of the contents and the denominate value of the coins to be placed within the wrapper, or the matter may be of such character as to advertise any special article or business. After the coins have been arranged in a pile and the latter placed in the wrapper between the end or side flaps 4 the end portions of the wrapper are brought together and the tongue 2 passed through the terminal slot and bent back so as to engage Wit-l1 the portion of the wrapper exterior to the terminal. slot, as clearly indicated in Fig. 4. The intermediate slots come opposite the spaces formed between contiguous ends of adjacent flapsor flanges 4, so as to admit of the wrapper being readily opened and folded about the coins. This construction is essential, because the flanges 4 preclude the bending of the wrapper, as clearly indicated in Fig. 2, the several parts or sections folding on the parts in line with and coming opposite the spaces formed between the ends of contiguous flanges.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed,and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is- V The herein-described metallic wrapper for coins, comprising an oblong blank having a series of side flaps spaced apart and bent inwardly forming end flanges to engage with the extreme coins and hold themin place, and

having aseries of transverse slots, some of the slots being in line with the spaces formed between the contiguous ends of adjacent flanges to increase the flexibility of the Wrapper in the manner set forth, said Wrapper having a tongue at one end to pass through the slot at the opposite end and be bent back upon itself, substantially as and for the purpose sct forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own We have hereto aflixed our signatures to in the presence of two Witnesses.

HARRY H. HIPWELL. THOMAS S. IIIPWELL. Witnesses:

ROBERT AINsWoRTH,

T. H. IIIPWELL. 

